WILLMAR - Work on Willmar's destination playground is entering its home stretch. The Willmar City Council approved a playground surfacing contract at its Monday meeting and heard an update on the ...

Brooks Park has new solid rubber surfaces on its playgrounds for children -- and Cole County commissioners -- to enjoy. The rubber surfaces are made from recycled scrap tires and were largely funded ...

Many communities are renovating playgrounds using materials that were never proven safe for children's long-term use. As a scientist and a grandparent, I'm very concerned that young children are being ...

Rubber playground surface material may protect kids from some injuries but be harboring a different source of harm, a study in Boston suggests. Researchers tested lead levels in the soil, sand, mulch ...

AMHERST — Concerns over the viability of an unproven surface to be placed beneath a new playground at the new elementary school under construction on South East Street may prompt the use of more ...

The slide at Brackenridge Memorial Park will have a softer landing if the state approves a grant to redo the playground surface. Council is seeking nearly $100,000 through the Department of ...

Sassafras, Raleigh's largest playground, will close for more than a month, so crews can repair the rubber playground surface. The playground will shut down Monday, April 29, and is expected to reopen ...

Sunshine filled the air July 1 as families eagerly stood at the Franklin Woods Nature Center Pavilion's entrance to Kayla's Playground, which was just about to reopen after a needed renovation to the ...

Montgomery Parks announced in a news release: "Repairs are currently in progress and all four playgrounds will reopen in late July. All rubber surfaces are being removed from Countryside and Fairland ...

Sassafras All Children's Playground at Laurel Hills Park opened to great fanfare in November 2016 after a local mom spent years lobbying Raleigh officials to rebuild the play space there so it had ...